HBA-LCA C.S.H.B. 2260 76(R)BILL ANALYSIS Office of House Bill AnalysisC.S.H.B. 2260 By: Noriega Public Education 4/16/1999 Committee Report (Substituted) BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Under current law, a school district (district) may enter a contract, without competitive bidding, for the repair or replacement of equipment that is severely damaged or destroyed, without competitive bidding, if it determines that the delay associated with the competitive bidding process would impair the conduct of classes or other school activities. C.S.H.B. 2260 authorizes the board of trustees (board) of a school district to enter a contract for repair or replacement, without competitive bidding, of a school facility that is severely damaged or destroyed. This bill also allows a board to bypass competitive bidding when a portion of a school facility experiences a major operational or structural failure. RULEMAKING AUTHORITY It is the opinion of the Office of House Bill Analysis that this bill does not expressly delegate any additional rulemaking authority to a state officer, department, agency, or institution. SECTION BY SECTION ANALYSIS SECTION 1. Amends Section 44.031(h), Education Code, to authorize the board of trustees of a school district to make a contract for replacement or repair a school facility, in addition to school equipment, that is destroyed, damaged, or that has experienced operational or structural failure, by a method other than the contract methods required by this section. SECTION 2. Emergency clause. Effective date: upon passage. COMPARISON OF ORIGINAL TO SUBSTITUTE The substitute modifies the original by changing the caption to read, "relating to contracts for the replacement or repair of public school equipment or public school facilities," rather than "relating to contracts for the replacement or repair of public school equipment or portions of public school facilities." The substitute modifies the original in SECTION 1 to make changes conforming to the modified caption.